Today, president obama will be giving a speech on the criminal Justice System taking place in newark, new jersey. We will have live coverage of his remarks at 4 20 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. The House Veterans Affairs committee will be hearing from speeched Witnesses Today on alleged misuse of the Veterans Affairs Department Program to relocate workers. Live coverage on cspan2. All persons having business before the honorable the Supreme Court of the United States will be admonished to draw near and give their attention. This week on cspans landmark cases, we will discuss the historic case of schenck versus the United States. In 1917, the United States entered world war i, patriotism was high and some forms of criticism of the government were a federal offense. Charles schenck who was general secretary of the philadelphia socialist party handed out and mailed leaflets against the draft. This is the flier that was produced by Charles Schenck in 1917. 15,000 copies of this were produced an
Could no longer care for him. Denisha stevens later admit that was a lie. Stevens is charged with child endangerment and tampering with evidence. And federal prosecutors will not be charging John Hinckley in the death of james brady. The former White House Press secretary died in august from injuries related to a is the 81 assassination attempt on president reagan. A jury found hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity and because of this the department of justice said the government is precluded from now arguing hinckley was sane at the time of that shooting. Hinckley has of course spent the past three decades in a mental hospital. Now, d. C. Officially has a new mayor. And her inauguration festivities are not over yet. Thats right. Today, Muriel Bowser became the seventh elected mayor of d. C. What does she have planned for the district in 2015 . Mike live outside the Convention Center with a look at todays swearingin and the start of a new era in the District Of Columbia. Mike . A n
Larry, good morning. I want to let my metro riders know everything is all set. Sky 9 over a structure fire in laurel. Ill depend out of the way so you can ill step out of the way so you can see it affecting traffic on 198. It is a good fortune restaurant that had a fire early this morning. Again 19 , this is 198, this is going to be the eastbound side closed to traffic as a result of the investigation right now. Want to let you know we have delays going on on i66 at sycamore as result of an earlier issue causing delays in that area. So you want to add additional time to your drive time as were seeing drivers slow down as they get to washington boulevard. Funeral services for freddie gray happening today at 11 00 here at New Shiloh Baptist Church in west baltimore. And we are live here as we prepare and expect a very large crowd of mourners and media. I can tell you there are nearly a dozen of us here so far covering this event and we should pass on that city leaders are asking proteste
Now, lets look at the thursday morning commute. Danella, you got any trouble yet . I do, tom. Actually, im tracking an accident, multivehicle, i95. This is northbound at 610. The good news here, its in the shoulder lane. Im not seeing delays. Giving you a heads up in case you see rubbernecking delays when you leave on i95. The other thing to expect, delays this wadbridge, then here at lorton woodbridge, then here at lorton, slow. The overall drive, your drive time almost 30 minutes from quantico to the capital beltway. Well head up and get a live look from chopper 4 on i270 at shady grove. Southbound volume increasing here. The biggest stretch of delays is that normal commute between frederick to clarksburg. No accidents on i270. Back to you. Thank you. 6 02. News4s Mark Seagraves will speak today with the family of a man who died of a heart attack outside a d. C. Fire station. Medrick mills, his family will hold a News Conference today. His daughters says she begged firefighters to he
Our heatwave is about to end but not without a price unfortunately. Happy friday, everybody. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. Some showers and storms may interrupt your late saturday plans. First alert chief meteorologist erica grow is here with more on tomorrows yellow alert. It is a yellow alert day because of the threat of showers and thunderstorms, but its going to be very unpleasant afternoon onward to be outside because of the heat and humidity. Today 93 degrees well above our average of 83 and the far from a record either, but we are going to watch a cold front bring us some relief from the heat. By lunchtime the storms are still well to the north and west of us along i81 and 66 toward winchester, but here comes that line of storms by dinner time making its way into the beltway. This is the first line that will move through. A second line of storms in the early evening hours around 9 00, so youll see the lightning lighting up the night sky and that is the line that will bring